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Do It Yourself SolarDo It Yourself SolarThis site is dedicated to the Do It Yourself aspect of solar technology. Currently I am focusing on the construction of a passive solar cabin, but there are many resources for anyone looking to undertake a solar energy project. Articles
Solar Hot Air Balloons
2007-11-11 16:48:00 Just ran across a post on a forum about making a solar hot air balloon, so I did some searching around.. http://www.solar-balloons.com has lots of good information about making your own solar hot air balloons, pre-built balloons you can buy from them, as well as videos and photos (some from the air!). After that I ran across ... More About: Solar , Balloons , Allo
?Home solar collectors create buzz?
2007-11-10 17:26:00 The Cincinnati Post put an article up today about DIY solar technology. Since it fits so well with the topic of solardiy.info, I submit it here for the reader’s observation. ... More About: Solar , Home , Buzz , Create , Collector
Varied Solar Stock Prices
2007-11-10 17:21:00 money.cnn.com put an article up today titled: “Nasdaq Sinks 2.5%; Tech, Solar Stock s Get Hit” Here are some excerpts: “PC makers, Internet and solar stocks were among the day’s biggest losers.” “JA Solar Holdings JASO sank 15.05, or 22%, to 54.51 on five times usual turnover. The stock’s weekly chart shows a high-volume reversal. The Chinese ... More About: Prices
Solar-powered ferry could be headed to San Francisco
2007-11-10 17:04:00 From Engadget.com: “ A DIY nuke detector won’t be the only oddity out in the San Franc isco Bay before too long, as we’re hearing that Hornblower Yachts is currently lobbying for Coast Guard approval to operate a solar-powered ferry in the area by 2009. The sails (but not the actual vessel) would be created by Australia’s ... More About: Solar , Francis
Netfirms Green Hosting Attracts Small Businesses
2007-11-10 05:38:00 Here is some more green hosting info from prweb.com Some very interesting information in here about the preferences of customers, and this is coming from a company with a rather large customer base. “Toronto, ON (PRWEB) October 23, 2007 — Netfirms, Inc. a green web host that uses energy efficient servers to power its customer websites, has ... More About: Hosting , Green , Small , Small Businesses , Businesses
?Green Web Hosting?
2007-11-10 04:23:00 If you are visiting this site, I am sure you have heard of “green web hosting.” Basically just regular web hosting but using renewable energy sources to provide the energy, be it the sun, the wind, biomass, or anything else. The majority seem to be wind, solar, or a combination of the two. The idea is that ... More About: Hosting , Web Hosting , Green
Starting a fire with the sun
2007-11-10 02:03:00 Stuck in the woods and need to start a fire? Aside from matches, a lighter, or flint/steel, the sun is a great way to start a fire or heat something up. You can use a Fresnel lens, which are also used in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants to produce energy. I would explain how they came about, ... More About: Fire
Solar energy boom may help poor
2007-11-04 00:40:00 Here is an interesting article from Manila Bulletin Online about lower PV costs in developing countries. Hopefully their predictions come true and the increased production will lead to lower costs overall, enabling more people across the globe to afford photovoltaic systems. Any thoughts? LONDON, Nov. 3 (Reuters) ? A surge in investment in solar power is bringing ... More About: Energy , Solar , Solar energy , Poor , Boom
DIY Solar Panel
2007-10-26 22:46:00 Well I finally got around to wiring together some of these solar cells I got on eBay back in August. First up is the .5v 1750mA silicon cells. Unfortunately it was late and I wired them up so that it will only be putting out 3v in its current configuration. I’ll fix that tomorrow after work. ... More About: Solar , Panel
?Solar Hot Water Set To Go Mainstream with California?s AB 1470?
2007-10-17 18:30:00 From www.renewableenergyaccess.com “by Sara Parker, Staff Writer Sacramento, Calif ornia [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] It’s a technology that has been used in California in one form or another since the 1800s. But, like its photovoltaic counterpart, solar hot water heating in the state is about to ramp up production in a big way with the signing of ... More About: Solar , Water , Mains
?SunPower Teams With RAcell and Danfoss to Power Largest Scandinavian Solar
2007-10-17 18:10:00 From money.cnn.com “125-Kilowatt System Offers Environmental and Modern Architectural Design for the New National Danish Radio and Television Buildings in Copenhagen October 17, 2007: 08:00 AM EST SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SunPower Corp. , a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that it ... More About: Solar , Teams , Largest , Scandinavian
DIY Solar Tracker info
2007-10-06 03:33:00 DIY means not shelling out way too much money for something you can easily put together yourself if you have the patience and time. In this spirit, I’ve started compiling a list of resources for DIY solar trackers for PV panels. Increasing PV output sounds good to me. Here is a site that has some information ... More About: Solar , Info , Tracker
?Concentrating Solar Power by Solucar Power?
2007-10-06 02:57:00 Found an interesting article while doing some research on parabolic troughs. My favorite quote from the article would have to be this little gem of knowledge I wasn’t aware of: “At least 30 million Chinese households have a solar thermal system; and, 4 of every 5 systems sold in the world in 2005 were in ... More About: Power , Solar Power , Solar
Solar Water Heaters
2007-10-04 16:22:00 I still have not committed to a final design for my solar space heater. Continuing research leads to ever-changing ideas. Today I found a document with a list of references as long as my arm, with some information that I haven’t found in other places. The article is available on ScienceDirect.com. Here is a direct link ... More About: Solar , Water , Heaters
SunPower and Agilent Technologies to Install 1-Megawatt Solar System in San
2007-09-28 17:22:00 The “fine print” in this article is a little scary, but at least these companies are working together towards a common goal. From http://money.cnn.com : “ SAN JOSE and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – SunPower Corporation , a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, and Agilent Technologies Inc. today ... More About: System , Solar , Lent
Photovoltaic Power Systems And the 2005 National Electrical Code, and other
2007-09-24 05:07:00 Wandering around the internet often leads to vast stores of information you didn’t know existed. Here is another one I found today: http://shop.altenergystore.com/pdfs/photo voltaic_NEC_code_practices2005.pdf This is 143 pages of pdf goodness. I only wish I had my own laser printer to make a paper copy of it. Electronic documents often annoy me as I don’t have good connectivity at ... More About: Power , National , Links , Code , Systems
Net-Metering in West Virginia, a Rant, and some other stuff
2007-09-21 18:33:00 Today I stumbled upon another news article that touches on some topics worthy of note. Net-metering isn’t going to get us everywhere we need to go, but I am certainly glad to see that it is catching on in more areas. The most important part of the article though I believe, was more or less ... More About: West Virginia , Stuff , Rant , Virginia , West
?Solar start-up Ausra hires ex-Calpine exec?
2007-09-20 17:39:00 Coming from the IT industry, I have been witness to many executives jumping ship to work for a competitor or offshoot. Glad to see it finally happening in a manner that will possibly benefit us all: “Solar start-up Ausra hires ex-Calpine exec NEW CEO PLANS TO GO SOLAR ON A LARGE SCALE By Matt Nauman Mercury News Article Launched: 09/20/2007 07:10:20 ... More About: Start-Up , Start
Hike in lead prices causes battery price to increase
2007-09-16 22:31:00 I was looking around on http://www.solarray.com/ when I stumbled upon the “batteries” page of their online catalog. At the bottom was this: “**NOTE ** The price of lead is climbing every day. From 8/1/07 to 8/20/07 it has gone up 25%. Please email support@solarray.com for current prices.” I’d heard something in passing somewhere else in the past, but ... More About: Battery , Price , Hike , Lead , Ice T
New Links
2007-09-11 16:46:00 Just added more links to the “Charts and References” and “Water Heating” pages. Check back often if there is something you are looking for and/or haven’t found, or feel free to leave a comment or send me an email! More About: Links
Solar Panel Manufacturing Plant - Fort Collins, Colorado
2007-09-09 23:08:00 http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/200709 09/BUSINESS/109090153 Solar Power By Christopher Ortiz cortiz@fortcollinsnow.com “A new solar-panel manufacturing plant in Fort Collins could add as many as 500 new jobs and further cement northern Colorado as a hotbed for alternative energy technology. Officials at AVA Solar Inc., a start up company, announced last week they were preparing to mass produce low-cost solar panels at a new ... More About: Panel , Manufacturing
Brewery to be served by solar
2007-09-09 22:57:00 http://www.paradisepost.com/ci_6830591?so urce=most_viewed Brew ery to be served by solar By Jennifer Barker Staff Writer Article Launched: 09/08/2007 01:00:00 AM PDT var requestedWidth = 0; ... More About: Solar , Serve
SOLAR PANELS EARNINGS ?Solartron struggles with sales slowdown
2007-09-09 22:53:00 http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/10Sep 2007_biz28.php Monday September 10, 2007 “SOLAR PANELS EARNINGS Solar tron struggles with sales slowdown ARANEE JAIIMSIN Solartron Plc, a SET-listed solar module assembler, will struggle to break even in the current poor investment climate, says chief executive Akaradej Rojmeta. The company expects to report lower sales compared to last year, which stood at 1.11 billion baht. He ... More About: Sales , Earnings , Solar Panels , Earning
DIY Network?s coverage of the DoE?s ?2007 Solar Decathlon?
2007-08-28 18:15:00 Just stumbled across this article on the web, and thought it noteworthy: http://www1.diynet.com/diy/specials/episo de/0,2046,DIY_14360_40620,00.html “Solar Decathlon chronicles university students who compete to design, build and operate the most effective and efficient solar-powered house. On the National Mall in Washington, DC, 18 university student teams compete for two weeks to capture, convert, store and use enough solar energy to ... More About: Network , Coverage , The D
More solar space heater stuff
2007-08-28 16:37:00 Just killing some time here in the library at school, doing some research for the solar space heater. The tank enclosure will be similar to this: Which was taken from this article at Mother Earth News. This article is full of great information regarding “Integral Passive Solar Water Heaters.” I also found a page with some good information ... More About: Space , Stuff , Eater
Solar Space Heater
2007-08-27 20:46:00 I’ve decided to use the water heater tank as a space heater of sorts. We have an old cast iron radiator that I think would be perfect to heat our bedroom with. Since the bedroom is on the opposite side of the house from the wood stove, but also on the south side, this is ... More About: Space , Solar , Eater
Batch Style Solar Water Heater
2007-08-25 23:20:00 As all extensive projects do, the solar cabin build has stagnated while good deals are found on the required materials. In the true spirit of being broke, a new project was undertaken today. There was an older propane fired 30 gallon water heater out back by the barn, so I stripped it down to start preparing ... More About: Solar , Style , Water , Eater , Batch
Putting Together Solar Cells
2007-08-09 05:30:00 I’ve been looking for ideas on how other people have made panels out of individual cells bought wholesale or on ebay, and ran across a great write-up. (Unfortunately, there are popup ads, but there isn’t anything I can do about that..) Anyway, check out this site, it does have some decent ideas. More About: Solar , Putting , Solar cells
Updated Cabin Plans version somethingorother
2007-08-02 23:07:00 Updated the cabin plans again.. Still not finished, but closer to what it will look like: Back Angle Back Angle 2 Front Angle Frong Angle 2 More About: Plans , Roth , Version , Cabin , Some
Small, Cheap, Norwegian Electric Car
More articles from this author:2007-07-31 23:26:00 Link to CNNMoney article Just found this on Slashdot.org: A Norwegian car company plans to release a small plug-in electric car that will go on sale in Europe next year, and could hit US markets by 2009. The company is working with Google, Tesla Motors, PG&E, and the inventor of the Segway, to produce a compact electric car ... More About: Small , Cheap , Electric , Electric Car 1, 2, 3 |
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